Guns N' Roses Guitar Solos Met With Axl Rose Humor

He says the singer will deliver wisecracks via the band's in-ear monitor system just as one of them is about to embark on a virtuoso performance – and the ploy has caught the axeman out in the past. "Axl has got a great sense of humor. He's a real ball-buster. Sometimes he'll tell jokes into our monitors while we're trying to take a solo. He's f**ked me up a few times."

GnR's difficult history means the guitarist has learned not to think about what will happen next, even though he joined up in time to miss the massive delays behind 2009 album Chinese Democracy. He explains